diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 107f09befe929540e9ad801ff2bbdfe97a6b651d..9b285da4449b005c3c38a2ac7001c3c222b2deed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	 */
 	mapping = obj->base.filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
 	gfp = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
-	gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
+	gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NO_KSWAPD;
 	gfp &= ~(__GFP_IO | __GFP_WAIT);
 	for_each_sg(st->sgl, sg, page_count, i) {
 		page = shmem_read_mapping_page_gfp(mapping, i, gfp);
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 			 * our own buffer, now let the real VM do its job and
 			 * go down in flames if truly OOM.
 			 */
-			gfp &= ~(__GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN);
+			gfp &= ~(__GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NO_KSWAPD);
 			gfp |= __GFP_IO | __GFP_WAIT;
 
 			i915_gem_shrink_all(dev_priv);
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 			if (IS_ERR(page))
 				goto err_pages;
 
-			gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
+			gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NO_KSWAPD;
 			gfp &= ~(__GFP_IO | __GFP_WAIT);
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 374c46dff7dd65d3aea7eef69b22a332d727ad0f..ec794a72975dd886205f2460e2eaba08089a8daf 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -1077,7 +1077,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_writev);
  * until the request succeeds or until the allocation size falls below
  * the system page size. This attempts to make sure it does not adversely
  * impact system performance, so when allocating more than one page, we
- * ask the memory allocator to avoid re-trying.
+ * ask the memory allocator to avoid re-trying, swapping, writing back
+ * or performing I/O.
  *
  * Note, this function also makes sure that the allocated buffer is aligned to
  * the MTD device's min. I/O unit, i.e. the "mtd->writesize" value.
@@ -1091,7 +1092,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_writev);
  */
 void *mtd_kmalloc_up_to(const struct mtd_info *mtd, size_t *size)
 {
-	gfp_t flags = __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_WAIT | __GFP_NORETRY;
+	gfp_t flags = __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_WAIT |
+		       __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NO_KSWAPD;
 	size_t min_alloc = max_t(size_t, mtd->writesize, PAGE_SIZE);
 	void *kbuf;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 76e1aa206f574d34cdcf0a69682b5d34332c5b87..d0a79678f169f8c9a7675e4343419975cbb29142 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define ___GFP_HARDWALL		0x20000u
 #define ___GFP_THISNODE		0x40000u
 #define ___GFP_RECLAIMABLE	0x80000u
-#define ___GFP_NOTRACK		0x100000u
-#define ___GFP_OTHER_NODE	0x200000u
-#define ___GFP_WRITE		0x400000u
+#define ___GFP_NOTRACK		0x200000u
+#define ___GFP_NO_KSWAPD	0x400000u
+#define ___GFP_OTHER_NODE	0x800000u
+#define ___GFP_WRITE		0x1000000u
 
 /*
  * GFP bitmasks..
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define __GFP_RECLAIMABLE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_RECLAIMABLE) /* Page is reclaimable */
 #define __GFP_NOTRACK	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NOTRACK)  /* Don't track with kmemcheck */
 
+#define __GFP_NO_KSWAPD	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NO_KSWAPD)
 #define __GFP_OTHER_NODE ((__force gfp_t)___GFP_OTHER_NODE) /* On behalf of other node */
 #define __GFP_WRITE	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_WRITE)	/* Allocator intends to dirty page */
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
  */
 #define __GFP_NOTRACK_FALSE_POSITIVE (__GFP_NOTRACK)
 
-#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 23	/* Room for N __GFP_FOO bits */
+#define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 25	/* Room for N __GFP_FOO bits */
 #define __GFP_BITS_MASK ((__force gfp_t)((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1))
 
 /* This equals 0, but use constants in case they ever change */
@@ -114,7 +116,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 				 __GFP_MOVABLE)
 #define GFP_IOFS	(__GFP_IO | __GFP_FS)
 #define GFP_TRANSHUGE	(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP | \
-			 __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN)
+			 __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN | \
+			 __GFP_NO_KSWAPD)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 #define GFP_THISNODE	(__GFP_THISNODE | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h b/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
index 9391706e92541d2b5d865610a88525bf8215a599..d6fd8e5b14b76c41bfd532c3fa86255e4e92b0f3 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/gfpflags.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_RECLAIMABLE,	"GFP_RECLAIMABLE"},	\
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_MOVABLE,		"GFP_MOVABLE"},		\
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_NOTRACK,		"GFP_NOTRACK"},		\
+	{(unsigned long)__GFP_NO_KSWAPD,	"GFP_NO_KSWAPD"},	\
 	{(unsigned long)__GFP_OTHER_NODE,	"GFP_OTHER_NODE"}	\
 	) : "GFP_NOWAIT"
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 8193809f3de0e683b1bcfb95954f37316768c851..7e208f0ad68ccb1468b408b5a50a981be8beb3a5 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2416,8 +2416,9 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		goto nopage;
 
 restart:
-	wake_all_kswapd(order, zonelist, high_zoneidx,
-					zone_idx(preferred_zone));
+	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NO_KSWAPD))
+		wake_all_kswapd(order, zonelist, high_zoneidx,
+						zone_idx(preferred_zone));
 
 	/*
 	 * OK, we're below the kswapd watermark and have kicked background
@@ -2494,7 +2495,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	 * system then fail the allocation instead of entering direct reclaim.
 	 */
 	if ((deferred_compaction || contended_compaction) &&
-	    (gfp_mask & (__GFP_MOVABLE|__GFP_REPEAT)) == __GFP_MOVABLE)
+						(gfp_mask & __GFP_NO_KSWAPD))
 		goto nopage;
 
 	/* Try direct reclaim and then allocating */